Consciousness

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Consciousness

Consciousness (/ˈkɒnʃəsnɪs/) is the state or quality of awareness, or, of being aware of an external object or something within oneself.[1] It has been defined as: sentience, awareness, subjectivity, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood or soul, the fact that there is something "that it is like" to "have" or "be" it, and the executive control system of the mind.[2]

Etymology

The origin of the modern concept of consciousness is often attributed to John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, published in 1690.[3] Locke defined consciousness as "the perception of what passes in a man's own mind".[4]

Related Terms

  • Self-awareness: The capacity for introspection and the ability to recognize oneself as an individual separate from the environment and other individuals.[5]
  • Sentience: The capacity to feel, perceive, or experience subjectively.[6]
  • Subjectivity: The condition of being a subject and the subject's perspective, experiences, feelings, beliefs, and desires.[7]
  • Wakefulness: A daily recurring brain state and state of consciousness in which an individual is conscious and engages in coherent cognitive and behavioral responses to the external world.[8]
  • Selfhood: The quality that constitutes one's individuality; the state of having an individual identity.[9]

References

  1. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Consciousness
  2. Dictionary of Philosophy - Consciousness
  3. John Locke - Essay Concerning Human Understanding
  4. John Locke - Essay Concerning Human Understanding
  5. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Self-awareness
  6. Dictionary of Philosophy - Sentience
  7. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Subjectivity
  8. Dictionary of Philosophy - Wakefulness
  9. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Selfhood

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